EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Abstract

Bronchial asthma (BA) is one of the most common chronic lung diseases, in both the developed and developing countries. There has been a sharp increase in the global prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and financial burden associated with asthma. Buteyko Breathing Technique (BBT) is the most effective a natural drug-free alternative therapy for asthma management. BBT showed a significant improvement in quality of life (QoL) and asthma control. This study aims to assess the effect of BBT on quality of life in patients with bronchial asthma. Subjects & Methods: Quasi-experimental design was conducted. A purposive sample of 90 asthmatic patients was included from outpatients of chest diseases department, Mansoura university Hospital over a period of 12 months. Data were collected using one tool "Patients' Interview Assessment Sheet" which include 2 parts 1) Socio demographic data, 2) Quality of Life Questionnaire (pre-test, and post-test). Results: revealed that, improvement of QoL total score 49.2 ± 8.4 to reach 60.4 ± 12.9 post implementing BBT compared to 51.5 ± 8.6 to reach 53.5 ± 9.1 of the control group after three months. Conclusion: The intervention group shows significant improvement of total quality of life scores Recommendations: further studies to investigate the impact of BBT on patients of bronchial asthma on long run studies.